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 By [Rick Anderson](https://twitter.com/RickAndMSFT) and [Kirk Larkin](https://twitter.com/serpent5)
 
-This tutorial teaches the basics of building a cocntroller-based web API that uses a database. Another approach to creating APIs in ASP.NET Core is to create *minimal APIs*. For help in choosing between minimal APIs and controller-based APIs, see <xref:fundamentals/apis>. For a tutorial on creating a minimal API, see <xref:tutorials/min-web-api>.
+This tutorial teaches the basics of building a controller-based web API that uses a database. Another approach to creating APIs in ASP.NET Core is to create *minimal APIs*. For help in choosing between minimal APIs and controller-based APIs, see <xref:fundamentals/apis>. For a tutorial on creating a minimal API, see <xref:tutorials/min-web-api>.
 
 :::moniker range=">= aspnetcore-7.0"